Lindenwood University

Fontbonne University will close, citing enrollment decline. Other universities are facing similar challenges and working to adapt as fewer students choose higher education.

Lindenwood University announced the elimination of 10 athletics programs and nine coaching positions after joining the Ohio Valley Conference in February 2022.

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Eighteen of the university’s teams will begin competing in the Ohio Valley Conference in the 2022-23 academic year.

Belleville is using tax increment finance money to close the deal even though Mayor Patty Gregory said the city would use a state grant to pay for the property.

Developed by Lindenwood University and the St. Louis Zoo, the GeoZoo curriculum received a grant.

City Attorney Garrett Hoerner said the city is in “preliminary planning stages” of what it would do with the campus.

In-person classes, fans at sports games and living in the dorms will all return. But most colleges in the region are not planning to require COVID-19 vaccinations.

The pandemic knocked the wind out of the billion-dollar industry of college athletics. But local athletic directors are hopeful the COVID-19 vaccine will bring back regular programming.

Lindenwood University has reported more students with COVID-19 than any other university in the St. Louis region this week. Administrators say any students caught partying on campus will be removed from housing without a refund.